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" are neceflary to this culture are four in 

 *' number ; and two of thefe are equally ufe- 

 " ful for the Old as for the New Hufbandry : 

 " therefore thefe cannot be fairly charged as 

 " and extra expence on the New. 



" The firft is a fmall patent or Rotheram 

 " plough, which may very conveniently be 

 ' worked very near the rows ; and, if the land 

 is in tolerable tilth, one horfe, and that not 

 " a large one, will be very able to manage 

 " fuch a plough. This is my hoe-plough, 

 " and in all refpedts greatly preferable to every 

 " thing I have feen called by that name ; 

 44 with this you may go fix, nine, or twelve 

 " inches deep, as you pleafe, and will pul- 

 " verize the foil, in which confifts the great 

 < advantage of this method of culture. The 

 " fecond is the fame plough with two mould 

 " boards; this, in narrow intervals, throws 

 " the mould up to the rows of plants on each 

 " fide at once going. Another ufe 1 put it to 

 " is, to make clean open furrows of any 

 " depth, and at any diftance, the grain or 

 "roots I have to place, may require. With 

 " this inftrument I make my drills for beans, 

 " peas, wheat, potatoes, or whatever ieed I 

 " have to fow : with it I can go any depth, 

 " from two to eight or ten inches ; and it 

 " makes but one furrow at a time, like a 

 " common plough ; they may be made at any 

 " diftance, one furrow from another, that 

 your intended crop may require. This re- 



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